Like any American voter gives a damn if Ukraine investigates someone. The whole thing was a pathetic attempt to overturn a past election and strip the sitting President off the ballot in this election.
You don't get it. Trump trying to get Ukraine to investigate Biden wasn't because any American voters would care about the results. But ANY investigation would make Biden look bad, and give Trump a better chance of being re-elected. And no, the "whole thing" (I assume you mean impeachment) wasn't about overturning the last election. It was about a President abusing the power of his office in an attempt to ensure his re-election, which is what happened. But you know what? People that hate Trump vote, too.
all donny was interested in was the 'announcement' on CNN by zelinsky.
Oh, so you are mind-reading Trump again declaring his thoughts to be horrid, why, even so ghastly that he should be removed from office! Weird how that didn't sell to the Juryl
So, give me a link to this Fake News CNN announcement you are rambling on about.
not fake.
fact:
Trump Pressed Ukraine’s President to Act Out a Fake News Script, Live on CNN
Robert Mackey
October 23 2019, 8:05 p.m.
Before agreeing to release nearly $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine, President Donald Trump extorted a promise from his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to appear on American television and act out a script prepared for him by Trump’s aides, the top American diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor,
told the House impeachment inquiry [ * ] on Tuesday.
The scene a desperate Zelensky finally agreed to perform would have been the very definition of fake news: a dramatic announcement by the Ukrainian president, during a CNN interview, that he was opening criminal investigations on Joe Biden’s family and other Democrats.
The plot, which would have duped American voters into believing that there was some substance to a
debunked conspiracy theory about Biden’s work in Ukraine as vice president, came very close to working.
Trump Wanted Ukraine’s President to Smear Biden on CNN
* pages 11 & 12 of ambassador's testimony under oath:
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthe...ement/71cb2f887efc7eb76629/optimized/full.pdf
yer welcome for the education.
Did you read your link? It describes second hand, what Sondland told Taylor. Why in the hell, when they have Sondlands first hand testimony are your directing me to what someone else said, Sondland said he heard? This is the kind of silliness that we saw throughout this farce.
Secondly - This is NOT
"Before agreeing to release nearly $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine, President Donald Trump extorted a promise from his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to appear on American television and act out a script prepared for him by Trump’s aides, "
even claimed on pages 11 and 12 of your link, and this never even occurred. You do know that the aid was released with so such announcement? Apparently Sondland incorrectly inferred that the aid would be withheld without an investigation and and reported this to Taylor.
First - There is nothing wrong with insisting that concrete steps be taken to deal with rampant corruption before releasing US taxpayer funds to a foreign nation. Our aid is not an entitlement.
Secondly, Vondman's inference is clearly wrong as the aid was released without this announcement.
Thirdly, why the hell am I hearing about what Vondman inferred from Taylor when Vondman was deposed?
Fourthly, why in the hell are you guys trying to overturn a past election and change a future election, based on an incorrect inference by one guy, reported by another guy, when even if correct is neither a crime nor even unreasonable?
You're welcome for the education.
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Did you read your link? It describes second hand, what Sondland told Taylor. Why in the hell, when they have Sondlands first hand testimony are your directing me to what someone else said, Sondland said he heard? This is the kind of silliness that we saw throughout this farce.'
i couldn't find a video clip short enough. but alrighty then, will this do?
In addition to directly alleging a quid pro quo that was well-known within the administration,
Sondland’s testimony undercut Trump’s claims in another, quieter way. At several points in his testimony, he suggested it was only the announcement of investigations that was a priority for the White House.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) asked Sondland at one point to clarify the outline of the quid pro quo.
“He had to get those two investigations if that official act was going to take place,” Schiff said.
“Correct,” Sondland replied. “He had to announce the investigations. He didn’t actually have to do them, as I understood it.”
Later, Daniel Goldman, counsel for the House Democrats, pressed Sondland on the point.
“You understood that in order to get that White House meeting that you wanted President Zelensky to have and that President Zelensky desperately wanted to have,” Goldman said, “that Ukraine would have to initiate these two investigations. Is that right?”
“Well, they would have to announce that they were going to do it,” Sondland replied.
“Right, because they — because Giuliani and President Trump didn’t actually care if they did them, right?” Goldman asked.
“I never heard, Mr. Goldman, anyone say that the investigations had to start or had to be completed,” Sondland said. “The only thing I heard from Mr. Giuliani or otherwise was that they had to be announced in some form. And that form kept changing.”
“Announced publicly?” Goldman asked.
“Announced publicly,” Sondland replied.
“And you, of course, recognized that there would be political benefits to a public announcement as opposed to a private confirmation, right?” Goldman asked.
“Well, the way it was expressed to me was that the Ukrainians had a long history of committing to things privately and then never following through,” Sondland replied. “So President Trump presumably — again, communicated through Mr. Giuliani — wanted the Ukrainians on record publicly that they were going to do these investigations. That’s the reason that was given to me.”
“But you never heard anyone say that they really wanted them to do the investigations,” Goldman said, “just that they wanted them to announce them.”
“I didn’t hear either way,” Sondland replied.
Goldman later pointed to testimony from acting Ukraine ambassador William B. Taylor Jr. in which he recalled Sondland saying that Ukraine needed to be in a “public box.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/20/other-knife-gordon-sondland-stuck-trumps-back/
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First - There is nothing wrong with insisting that concrete steps be taken to deal with rampant corruption before releasing US taxpayer funds to a foreign nation. Our aid is not an entitlement.'
no there isn't - howeverrrrrrrrrrrrr............ there are strict guidelines to follow once that cash is appropriated & ready to go out the door by the duly elected congress in charge of the purse strings. donny didn't follow that protocol.
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Secondly, Vondman's inference is clearly wrong as the aid was released without this announcement. '
who's 'vondman'? are you talking about sondland? the cash was released because they got caught.
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Thirdly, why the hell am I hearing about what Vondman inferred from Taylor when Vondman was deposed? '
fixed that with the above link i just provided. oh ya.... & there is the little memo that lev parnas provided that corroborates what
sondland testified to as far as an announcement. . sondland's docs are being with held by pompeo at donny's direction. why? why is that?
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Fourthly, why in the hell are you guys trying to overturn a past election and change a future election, based on an incorrect inference by one guy, reported by another guy, when even if correct is neither a crime nor even unreasonable? '
well i guess you are wrong about that 'incorrect reference' huh? sorry about deflating what you thought was a slap down.
& it's not about overturning an election. it's about cleansing the office of the presidency by the only means our founders gave 'us' because donny is a mafioso autocrat in the making. he broke the law according to the non partisin GAO & was circumventing the ICA ( impoundment control act ) by not going thru the proper channels/protocol. 90 minutes after that 'perfect' call, donny halted the funds.
The Impoundment Control Act of 1974: What Is It? Why Does It Matter?
Oct 23, 2019
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What is the Impoundment Control Act?
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) reasserted Congress’ power of the purse. Specifically, Title X of the Act – “Impoundment Control” –
established procedures to prevent the President and other government officials from unilaterally substituting their own funding decisions for those of the Congress. The Act also created the House and Senate Budget Committees and the Congressional Budget Office.
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What does it mean to ‘impound’ funds?
An “impoundment” is any action – or inaction – by an officer or employee of the federal government that precludes federal funds from being obligated
[1] or spent, either temporarily or permanently.
How does the ICA work?
The ICA lays out procedures the President must follow to reduce, delay, or eliminate funding in an account. The Act divides impoundments into two categories: rescissions and deferrals.
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The Impoundment Control Act of 1974: What Is It? Why Does It Matter?
donny loves the poorly educated & counts on y'all to stay that way.